Chapter 108

Ding Huan was in high spirits while practicing the Nine-Strike Spear Art when he felt a large bird fly overhead.

A flying beast? Ding Huan immediately became interested.

He knew the Sword-riding Technique, but had no flying sword. To ride a sword, he needed at least one magical artifact, yet his best weapon, the Starry Knife, was leagues away from being one.

If he could obtain the genes of a top-tier flying beast, he might as well try fusing them.

Any beast daring to fly over this place was no coward.

Huh, this is…

Ding Huan was now an eighth-level gene cultivator; not only his eyesight, but his spiritual sense could detect things tens of kilometers away.

This was clearly a spaceship—and identical to the Xunshen Hao.

In an instant, Ding Huan realized: the Gene Alliance had brought this upon itself—they'd finally drawn the attention of extraterrestrial elites.

The fact that this spaceship flew so boldly over his head meant it had already established a base and was certain this sky was safe.

Where was it headed?

The Xunshen Hao? Ding Huan instantly understood: this spaceship was searching for the Xunshen Hao.

Ding Huan grabbed the last remaining white-jian wood spear and rushed back into the cave.

"Big brother, don't you have any Zhan Shen crystal stones left?" Qi Qi Xinyue had stopped cultivating; as soon as Ding Huan entered, she rushed out to meet him.

"Xinyue, we must leave quickly—I just saw a spaceship, identical to the Xunshen Hao. It's probably heading to Biok Island." Ding Huan spoke urgently, then rushed inside to pack his belongings.

Qi Qi Xinyue's eyes filled with fear: "Big brother, are we fleeing?"

Ding Huan froze. Fleeing?

"Why flee? This is a golden opportunity—we should hurry to Biok Island! They've kindly delivered a spaceship to us. If we're late and they get angry and leave, we'll get nothing."

Ding Huan chuckled.

Only then did Qi Qi Xinyue understand Ding Huan's thinking—she couldn't help thinking: how could her big brother's thoughts ever match hers?

Qi Qi Xinyue had almost nothing to carry; she followed closely behind Ding Huan as they sprinted toward Biok Island.

Sensing Qi Qi Xinyue's speed was sluggish, Ding Huan said: "Xinyue, though you've entered the third-level gene cultivator stage, your speed is still too slow."

Qi Qi Xinyue apologized: "I used to move fast, but since switching to the Luo Shi Jing, I haven't yet adapted to using true qi."

"Don't worry—follow my incantation as you move." Ding Huan began teaching Qi Qi Xinyue the Wind-Riding Technique.

Just over ten minutes later, Qi Qi Xinyue fully mastered the Wind-Riding Technique; as her skill improved, her speed increased rapidly.

In just over two hours, Ding Huan and Qi Qi Xinyue arrived again at the seashore.

They'd reached here far faster than when they'd left—yet Ding Huan knew they'd wasted too much time.

That spaceship had surely arrived long ago; his greatest fear was that it might depart from Biok Island at any moment.

So as soon as they boarded the small boat, Ding Huan unleashed his true qi in a frenzy, driving the vessel full speed toward Biok Island.

To Ding Huan's satisfaction, when he and Qi Qi Xinyue arrived outside the museum, the very spaceship that had flown over his head was now parked steadily outside.

The spaceship was empty—Ding Huan sneered at this carelessness.

At least one person should've stayed to guard it.

"Xinyue, wait outside. I'll go into the museum first." Ding Huan's spiritual sense had already scanned the interior—only two people were inside.

These two looked like elite cultivators, but Ding Huan knew they were no match for the dung beetle combined.

Ding Huan walked boldly into the museum.

"These trash clowns, these barbarians—they've destroyed the Xunshen Hao like this! No need to ask, our people must be dead." Ting Ti, seeing the Xunshen Hao hacked to pieces, erupted in furious curses.

Ji Yuan waved his hand: "No need to rage at a species about to go extinct. Let's extract the data here and return quickly."

"You won't be taking anything back." Ding Huan's voice came from the doorway.

Ting Ti and Ji Yuan spun around simultaneously.

They saw Ding Huan enter, a large pack on his back, a wooden spear in hand.

"Are you from the Xunshen Hao?" Ting Ti frowned at Ding Huan—he didn't believe an Earthling could speak the Universal Language.

"Wrong. I'm one of the barbarians you said are about to go extinct." Ding Huan sneered.

Upon hearing this, Ting Ti instantly pulled out a delicate weapon: the Light Killer Crossbow.

Once activated, no one could escape.

The weapon's flaw wasn't its lethality or intimidation—it was its activation time.

The faster one's reaction, the quicker the shot.

But Ding Huan had no intention of letting him activate it; the instant Ting Ti drew the weapon and aimed it at him, a Wind Blade struck his wrist.

"Puff!" A spray of blood erupted. Ding Huan waved his hand—the Light Killer Crossbow landed in his grip.

Ding Huan's spiritual sense probed the crossbow—it was powered by Zhan Shen crystal stones, and inside were embedded two of them. What a waste.

"You…" Ting Ti stared at Ding Huan in terror—what technique was this?

He even forgot the blood gushing from his wrist.

Ding Huan ignored Ting Ti and turned his gaze to Ji Yuan: "Hand over every weapon you're carrying…"

"Don't give…" Ting Ti managed only three words before a Wind Blade slit his throat.

Even as he died, he didn't understand how Ding Huan had killed him.

"I'll give." Ji Yuan's face turned pale, his voice trembling violently.

He feared death—and he didn't want to die on this tiny, nameless planet.

Ding Huan saw Ji Yuan pull out a Light Killer Crossbow, an axe, and two daggers.

"Also take out the crossbow strapped to your back," Ding Huan said calmly.

Ji Yuan, already pale, broke into a cold sweat the moment Ding Huan mentioned the hidden crossbow.

He couldn't fathom how Ding Huan knew about the crossbow on his back—he dared not utter a single word of protest and quickly pulled it out, placing it on the ground.

Not only that, he also took out the leather pouch containing Zhan Shen crystals and his personal communication device.

Ding Huan walked over to Ting Ti, yanked off a leather pouch from his waist, inside of which were thirty Zhan Shen crystals and some personal items.

Without any hesitation, he tossed the pouch into his own large bag, then unleashed a flame upon Ting Ti.

Watching Ting Ti instantly turn to ash, Ji Yuan was filled with terror.

After collecting all the weapons, Ding Huan said to Ji Yuan: "Let's go, we're heading to the spaceship."

"Yes." Ji Yuan now obeyed every order without a word of protest.

"Big brother…" Seeing Ding Huan and Ji Yuan emerge together, Qi Qi Xinyue rushed out.

"You're Qi…" Ji Yuan recognized Qi Qi Xinyue immediately.

Qi Qi Xinyue was a heretic of the Divine Clan, yet she was one of the few who could locate the Divine Clan's dwelling place, so many had seen her.

No wonder she spoke the Cangyu language—she had defected.

No, Qi Qi Xinyue was always an enemy of Zhan Shen Continent; she was never on their side—how could there be any notion of defection?

"Open the hatch and transfer control of this spaceship to me," Ding Huan said calmly, staring at Ji Yuan.

"Yes." Ji Yuan now only hoped Ding Huan wouldn't kill him—even if Ding Huan took the ship and left him here, he'd be relieved.

Transferring control of the spaceship was simple and quick—just over ten minutes—and the Zhan Shen No. 3 spaceship became Ding Huan's vessel.

Ding Huan immediately renamed it Lan Xing Hao.

He would leave Earth sooner or later; history had been altered too much for him to continue riding a Gene Alliance spaceship to search for some wormhole—it was utterly unrealistic.

Now he decided to leave with Qi Qi Xinyue aboard the Lan Xing Hao; if he could find a cosmic transmission vortex, he might yet escape the Milky Way.

The transmission vortex shouldn't be hard to find, right? Didn't all the spaceships from Zhan Shen Continent reach Earth? They couldn't have flown the entire way—they must have used transmission vortices.

"Answer me a few questions. First, give me the coordinates of the cosmic transmission vortex," Ding Huan posed his most critical question.

Ji Yuan frowned and said:

"If I knew them, I'd give them to you without hesitation. These cosmic transmission vortices are discovered only after countless years of exploration by countless predecessors. Only the fleet commander of our squadron possesses such coordinates."

Moreover, across all of Zhan Shen Continent, there are only two guidance spheres for cosmic transmission vortices."

Hearing this, Ding Huan frowned.

He would have to capture the fleet commander alive—only a surprise attack would work.

Qi Qi Xinyue beside him said: "Big brother, he's telling the truth. Cosmic transmission vortices are known only to a very few. On the Shen Shen Hao, only Wu the Helmsman knows them."

"Then reveal the details of your spaceship and your actual strength when coming to Earth," Ding Huan said.

Ji Yuan quickly replied: "We brought two war saucers and two spaceships this time; one of them is right here. In addition, we have ten thousand Undying Spiders…"

"What the hell are ten thousand Undying Spiders? And how can your small spaceship carry ten thousand Undying Spiders?" Ding Huan looked at Ji Yuan skeptically.

Ji Yuan explained: "These spaceships are small, but the war saucers are huge. A single war saucer doesn't just hold ten thousand Undying Spiders—it could hold a hundred thousand and still have plenty of space."

Ding Huan understood: the war saucers, with such vast space, carried only ten thousand Undying Spiders because they trusted the spiders' combat power—and to leave ample room for looted goods to bring home.

"Explain what Undying Spiders are," Ding Huan continued.